La Facil

Past Producer in Coahuila De Zaragoza, Mexico with commodity Fluorine-Fluorite

Sections on this page

Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Commodities
Materials information
Host and associated rocks
Nearby scientific data
Controls for ore emplacement
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Mining district
Links to other databases
Bibliographic references
General comments
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10023542
MRDS ID	I000643
Record type	Site
Current site name	La Facil
Alternate or previous names	La Fasil

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-102.58377, 29.21691 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Boquillas(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Emory Peak(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Geographic areas

Country	State
Mexico	Coahuila De Zaragoza

Comments on the location information

SEVERAL KILOMETERS NORTHWEST OF AGUACHILE.

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical	Primary

Materials information

Materials	Type of material
Fluorite	Ore

Host and associated rocks

Host or associated

Associated

Rock type

Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Stratigraphic age (youngest)	Late Cretaceous
Stratigraphic age (youngest)	Early Cretaceous

Host or associated Host

Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Rock unit name Georgetown Limestone

Rock description Georgetown Limestone

Host or associated	Host
Rock type	Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
Rock unit name	Georgetown Limestone
Rock description	Georgetown Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1)	-102.58377, 29.21691	ListMap

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

Rhyolite Dike-Limestone Contact

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Past Producer
Commodity type	Non-metallic
Deposit size	Small
Significant	No

Mining district

District name	Pico Etero District

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	I000643

Bibliographic references

Deposit

PICKARD, G.W., 1974, GEOLOGY OF MEXICAN FLUORSPAR DEPOSITS, IN HUTCHESON, D.W., ED., A SYMPOSIUM ON THE GEOLOGY OF FLUORSPAR: KENTUCKY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY SPECIAL PUBLICATION 22, P. 23-30
Other Database

CIMRI

General comments

Subject category	Comment text
Deposit	LOCALIZED ALONG THE FAULTED CONTACT OF A 1.8 KM RHYOLITE DIKE AND STRONGLY BRECCIATED GEORGETOWN LIMESTONE. THE OREBODY IS A RELATIVELY SMALL AND SHALLOW TABULAR OREBODY, MEASURING ABOUT 60 BY 15 M. THE AVERAGE FLUORSPAR CONTENT IS 85 PERCENT.

Reporter information

Type	Date	Name	Affiliation	Comment
Reporter	01-APR-1990	Orris, Greta J.	U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.